Body color: Light pink w/ several broad vertical dark-red bands on body; bands faded in large specimens.
Peritoneum color: dark Shape between eyes: concave to flat
Counts: D:XIII,13-15, Ar:6-8, P1:17-20, GR:29-33, LLp:41-51, LLs:56-64, V:26
Occurence: Bering Sea - Southern California
Depth: 625 meters Size: 56 cm Species code: 30475
Similar species: Flag RF - first red band stops ventrally at lower edge of operculum; pectoral rays typically 17 (typically 19 in Redbanded RF); rare north of San Francisco. Tiger RF - all head spines present; body red w/ black or crimson bars; anal spine 2 equal to or shorter than 3. Treefish - body dark olive dorsally, yellowish ventrally w/ 5-6 black-olive bands; head spine 8 present. Shortraker RF - body typically uniform pink to orange-pink occasionally w/ faint darker red bands above lateral line; head spine count differs; anal spine 2 shorter than 3; peritoneum light w/ black dots; lateral line pores 28-32 (41-51 in Redbanded RF).